Swinging gate



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TILDEN EUGENE BRODT, BRODTVILLE, VVISCONSI'N.V

swlNclNG GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,631, datedApril 2,1889.

Amman@ nea May '1, 138s. serai No. 273,016. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.'

Be it known that LTILDEN EUGENE BRODT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brodtville, in the county of Grant and State of Wisas willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertainsV to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to that class of swinging gates which are openedand closed by means of cords or wires extending along and suspended fromposts or frames, to avoid the necessity of getting out of a vehicle inorder to open or close them.

The particular form of my improved gate is shown in the accompanyingdrawings, and its operation and advantages described in the followingspeciication.

Reference being had to the drawings, it will be seen that Figure l is aperspective view of my improved gate partly open, and Fig. 2 is a rearview of the gate when closed.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in both views.

In constructing this gate, posts A are placed firmly in the ground, ormay be fixed to a sill, as shown in 'the drawings, and are connectedwith each other and braced by means of a cross=beam, B, on top of andextending on either side beyond the posts A. A third post, C, is alsoset in the ground, vor may rest on a sill at a point from the center ofthe crossbeam B of just half the distance between the posts A. The topofthe post C is connected with the beam B and braced by a cross-piece,

i B', and from the bottom of the post C to a point under the centerofthe beam B there is partly sunk in the ground a sill, E. This sill formsa bearing for the bottom of the post F, which revolves upon it by meansof a pin fixed in the post and working loosely in a hole or slot in thesill. A corresponding pin, a, is

fixed in the top of the post F and works in a slot, b, in the beam B. Tothe post F is built thegate proper, which may be of the usual form ormay have wires strung across it between the top and the bottom boards,which connect the posts F and G. Through a hole, c, in the post G worksa spring-latch, e, fastened at its lower end to the post and operated orreleased from the catch H by means of a wire, running from the top ofthe latch through a hole, f, in the post F to the lower end `of thelever g. This lever is pivoted in a slot, h, in the outer en d of anarm, t', which extjends at right angles from the post F near its op. v

On the upper side 'of the armi and near the lever g are two pulleys, m,which revolve horizontally on pins that pass through a hood, n,

which is securely fixed to the arm t' and extends over the pulleys.Above the arm 1', to the post F, is fastened a double fish-tail piece,z, at right angles with the arm 1l. From the beam B on either side ofthe post F and between it and the posts A are suspended pulleys o, whichrevolve horizontally in the pulleys-supports u. At the ends of the beamB extend inwardly brackets fu, having slots w, in which verticallyrevolve pulleys w. From the upper end of the lever g'extend in oppositedirections wires or ropes, which pass between the pulleys m on theinside of the pulleys 0 and over the pulleys :c and terminate insuitablehandles at a convenient distance from the ground.

The catch H, which is a part of the latchin gAMM device of my gate, ispreferably made of metal 8o bent to form rounded corners and embrace thepost to which it is attached. In addition to having a catch H on thepost C, I provide each of the posts lA with a catch, so that the gatemay be held open on either side or may close rroadways running at rightangles with the road, for which the gate is specially constructed. Whenthe gate is in this position, by pulling either of the handles the upperend of the lever g is drawn in and the lower end correspondingly drawnout, causing the wire tto release the spring-latch from its catch on oneof the posts A, and by reason of the lateral tension caused by thevropes or wires bearing on the fish-tail piece the same movement servesto close the gate, and this is one of the important advantages of myinvention. A similar operation, in which, however, the piece z is notafactor, serves to open the gate.

While my improved gate is applicable to all purposes of the farm or cityroadways, it is especially adapted to stock-yards, where it isfrequently desired to open one alley and at the same time close another.The simplicity of its operation, the cheapness of its construction, andthe fact that the parts liable to get out of order by reason of exposureto the Weather are protected from the element-s are points in myimproved gate which render it useful and practical.

Having thus described the construction and operation of the gate Which Ihave invented, what I claim as novel, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

l. In a swinging gate, the combination, with the posts A and cross-beamB, of the post C, the gate having the outer post, G, and the extendedinner post, F, which is pivoted in the beam B and in a suitable base,the springlatch C on the outer post of the gate, a Wire, t, attached tosaid latch and extending through the post F, an arm, L', extending outfrom the post F near its top, a lever, g, centrally pivoted in the outerend of the arin y1l, pulleys on the arm in the rear of the lever, thebrackets u on the beam B, having pulleys mounted thereon, pulleys on theends of the beam B,

the ropes, and catches on the posts A and C, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the posts A A and C, having catches H, thecross-beams B B the gate consisting of posts F and G, connected byboards or wires, the spring-catch e, the wire 15, lever g, arm t', hoodn, pulleys m, lish-tail piece a, brackets u and fu, pulleys o and andropes or wires for operating the lever g, substantially as herein setforth.

3. The combination, with the posts A and C and the beam B, of the gate-post F, having arm e' extending therefrom, the lever g, centrallypivoted in the end of the arm, its arms being above and below the arm i,respectively, the latch on the gate, the flexible connection between thesame and the lever g, the pulleys on the arm and ends of the beam, andthe catches on the posts A and C, substantially as described.

TILDEN EUGENE BRODT.

Attest:

FRANK H. KoLB, NEWTON BRoDT.

